Learning and Development Events

Professional Development Guide - Interactive Tour

Professional Development Guide

 

Join UCSF Learning and Organization Development for an interactive tour through the Professional Development Guide to:

  • Learn how to navigate your career by understanding your values
  • Get feedback about your strengths and weaknesses
  • Envision a goal to strive for
  • Discover what resources are available for professional development and self-advocacy

Location: Virtual (Zoom)

Cost: There is no fee to attend.

Time: 1:10-2pm

Register to get the Zoom link

Staff Resource Days 2023 connects staff to UCSF and community resources that support personal and professional development. The events promote understanding and belonging across professional and personal identities, approaching UCSF staff fulfillment and growth through an equity lens. Staff Resource Days is founded by the Office of Diversity and Outreach, and sponsored by Human Resources, UCSF Health, Office of Diversity and Outreach, and the Staff Subcommittee for the Council on Campus Climate, Culture and Inclusion (4CI).

For reasonable accommodation, please contact [email protected].

Management Practice Series (MPS)

May 17, 2023 to July 27, 2023
Managers and Supervisors
Required for all new UCSF managers and supervisors, also recommended as a periodic refresher for existing managers.
 
Vital to understanding key management policies and best practices, each 2.5-hour virtual course is presented by the expert responsible for administering that policy/practice at UCSF. You may browse and register for all the offerings in the series, or click the title below to register for the individual class.
 

For Health Managers

For Campus Managers

Addressing Bullying and Abusive Conduct in the Workplace Addressing Bullying and Abusive Conduct in the Workplace
Attendance Monitoring Attendance Monitoring
Benchmarking Compensation & Overview
Compensation & Classification Corrective Action
Corrective Action Developing a Job Description
Developing a Job Description: Tips & Tools Interviewing and Selection
Interviewing and Selection Introduction to Engagement
Introduction to Engagement Leave of Absence and Workers' Comp
Leading Everyday PRIDE Reasonable Accommodation and The Interactive Process
Leave of Absence Performance Management
Legal Issues and Risk Supervising within Equal Employment Opportunity Policy & Law
Privacy in the Workplace; It's More than HIPAA  
Reasonable Accommodation and The Interactive Process  
Performance Management  
Supervising within Equal Employment Opportunity Policy & Law  
Understanding Patient Experience  
Workers Compensation, Return-to-Work and Ergonomics  

Location: Virtual (Zoom)

Cost: There is no fee to attend. Late cancellations and no-shows will incur a $35 fee. Each participant is responsible for cancelling their own registration before the cancellation deadline.

Flyer: View and share the Management Practice Series flyer!

Register in the UC Learning Center (MyAccess login required)


 

Microsoft Excel Advanced Pivot Tables Workshop

UCSF Staff


In this virtual, half-day, instructor-led workshop you will learn the most powerful capabilities of Excel PivotTables and how they can be an invaluable tool in helping you analyze your data and present your findings in compelling ways. If you have been using PivotTables and wondering what more you can do with them, or maybe running into obstacles and wishing you can get around them, this workshop will help you unleash the power of PivotTables and get outstanding results. We also cover Excel Macros, providing you with an understanding of the VBA scripting language and how Macros can help you add important functionality to your workbooks. Key topics covered:

  • Getting your data ready for PivotTable Reports and Charts including eliminating duplicates, organizing your data efficiently, and defining proper relationships between data sets.
  • Using custom functions to perform more advanced analysis and comparisons such as counts, statistical functions, % of row, % of column, and many more.
  • Filtering your report to display subsets of the data and reveal hidden insights about your customers, product lines, and other subsets of data sets.
  • Formatting reports, sorting them automatically, manually, or based on pre-determined sort orders, as well as grouping them based on user-defined groups that reflect your business environment.
  • Adding formulas to your PivotTables and Charts so they include the calculations and ratios that are specific to your needs.
  • Incorporate your PivotTables reports and Charts into Word documents and linking them so they stay up-to-date.
  • Writing Macros and accessing the properties, methods, and events of Excel Objects such as workbooks, worksheets, and ranges, in order to add more significant functionally.
  • Using Macros to respond to user events and therefore making your workbooks more user friendly and better addressing the specific needs of your users.

Location: Virtual (Zoom)

Cost: There is no fee to attend. Late cancellations and no-shows will incur a $75 fee. Each participant is responsible for cancelling their own registration before the cancellation deadline (7 days before).

Time: 8:30am - 12pm.

Flyer: View and share the Microsoft Excel Advanced Pivot Tables Workshop flyer!

Register in the UC Learning Center (MyAccess login required)


 

Microsoft Excel Tips and Tricks Workshop

UCSF Staff

You must have a working knowledge of Excel or have taken the Excel Beginner Workshop before taking this class.

Are you wondering if, or wishing that, there were ways to make your work in Microsoft Excel more efficient and rewarding as you take on the countless tasks that Excel can help you with? Have you taken the intermediate Excel classes and ready to take your Excel skills to yet another level? This virtual, half-day, instructor-led workshop provides hands-on practical Excel help, so that you may uncover the myriad of tips and tricks that Excel offers leaving you inspired and equipped with what you need to be productive and make your spreadsheets compelling. You’re likely to walk away with many practical tips and tricks that you can apply right away. Key topics:

• Keyboards shortcuts to make life easier
• Tricks to working with large spreadsheets including comparing and contrasting data
• Conditional formatting and data validation
• Copying and moving data quickly within and in between sheets
• Working with hidden columns
• Using the Paste Special features to save time
• Converting text to columns 
• Troubleshooting formulas

Cost: There is no fee to attend. Late cancellations and no-shows will incur a $75 fee. Each participant is responsible for cancelling their own registration before the cancellation deadline (7 days before).

Location: Virtual (Zoom)

Time: 1pm - 4:30pm.

Register in the UC Learning Center (MyAccess login required)


 

Accomplishing More with Less for Managers and Supervisors Workshop

Managers and Supervisors

Ideal for those overseeing the work of others and who want to achieve great results with their teams. Whether you have taken the Accomplishing More With Less Workshop or not, you are likely to benefit and walk away with practical tips/techniques to apply right away.

This virtual, one-day workshop is designed to help participants develop and practice skills crucial for managing people successfully in today’s information-overload and diverse work environment. We cover crucial time and priority management techniques to help you better manage your own time and priorities, therefore finding the necessary time to manage and coach your employees. Additionally, you will be able to equip your employees with the same tools and techniques to help overcome overload, feeling of stress, and get more accomplished. Key takeaways:

  • Adopt highly effective time management and priority management tools and techniques so you can better manage your own time.
  • Be able to coach your team using the same tools and techniques so they can improve their performance and fulfillment.
  • Manage performance, create accountability and keep everyone focused on the desired results.
  • Build best practices to enhance team communication and productivity.
  • Manage strategically and help your team succeed in spite of the overload.

Cost: There is no fee to attend. Late cancellations and no-shows will incur a $75 fee. Each participant is responsible for cancelling their own registration before the cancellation deadline (7 days before).

Location: Virtual (Zoom)

Time: 9am - 4pm.

Flyer: View and share our Accomplishing More for Managers flyer!

Register in the UC Learning Center (MyAccess login required)


 

New Leader Onboarding - Successful Transitions

UCSF Directors, Managers and Supervisors.

This refreshed version of New Leader Onboarding is a blended module that orients the new supervisor or manager to leadership at UCSF.

Topics include:

  • Understanding the culture of UCSF and the implications for leading people
  • Navigating the larger support systems and structure
  • Identifying criteria for becoming a successful leader

Flyer: Check out and share our New Leader Onboarding flyer!

Location: Virtual (Zoom). Participants will receive an email with a Zoom meeting invite no later than 2 business days before the session.

Time: 1pm - 4pm.

Register in the UC Learning Center (MyAccess login required)


 

Striving for Your Best Series

July 13, 2023 to August 10, 2023
UCSF Staff

Explores how to improve your professional skills and knowledge as an individual contributor (note: managers/supervisors would better benefit from Leadership Development Series). 

Striving for your Best is a 5-module series that explores how to improve your professional skills and knowledge as an individual contributor. The series includes the CliftonStrengths Insight Guide Report, as well as an introductory coaching session.

The behaviors that support the UC core competencies addressed in the series include:

• Achieving results: Seeking new ideas, feedback, and input to improve work

• Building relationships: Listening and communicating in partnership with others

• Creating the future: Trying new approaches to reach the goal

Cost: There is no fee to attend. Late cancellations and no-shows will incur a $75 fee. Each participant is responsible for cancelling their own registration before the cancellation deadline (9 days before).

Location: Virtual (Zoom)

Next offering dates: July 13, July 20, July 27, August 3 and August 10 at 9:10am - 12pm.

Register in the UC Learning Center (MyAccess login required)


 

21 Practices for Happiness and Accomplishment @Work

UCSF Staff

 

This half-day workshop is designed to help participants develop and practice mindfulness, emotional intelligence, growth mindset, and productivity skills that are crucial in today’s workplace. Participants focus on behavioral changes and initiative-taking to create breakthrough results in their organizations, while at the same time paying attention to self-care, stress reduction, fostering enjoyment, and self-fulfillment. Take a profound journey of personal and professional development that leads to happiness and accomplishment at work.

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An innovative blend of short presentations, brief individual and group interactive exercises, and exposure to a variety of practices designed to help participants learn curated 21 Practices in small and manageable increments. Each attendee will also be given access to the 21 Practices eCourse and app to create a lasting impact and help participants continue to implement these practices post-program, reaping long-term benefits.

 

Key Takeaways:

  • A better understanding of mindfulness and how mindfulness at work can help you be calmer, feel less stressed, and be more fulfilled than ever before!
  • Insight into how emotional intelligence can help improve working relationships and collaboration with stakeholders at all levels.
  • Strategies, tools, and techniques for managing distractions and staying focused as well as effectively managing competing demands when they arise.
  • Guidance on paying attention to self-care, with emphasis on meditation, nutrition, movement, and sleep, so you can stay healthy and strong.
  • An in-depth knowledge of The Perfect 15-Minute Day Method and how to use the accompanying Hello Mindful App and/or paper journal to implement all these techniques and strategies on a daily basis.

 

Cost: There is no fee to attend. Late cancellations and no-shows will incur a $75 fee. Each participant is responsible for cancelling their own registration before the cancellation deadline (7 days before).

Location: Virtual (Zoom)

Time: 9am - 12pm

Register in the UC Learning Center (MyAccess login required)

Microsoft OneNote Workshop

UCSF Staff

(intended for computer users who want to use the basic tools and features of Microsoft OneNote -- previous exposure to personal computers and desktop applications is needed)

This half-day instructor-led course is designed for end users who need to know the operational descriptions and uses of many common features of Microsoft OneNote. Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to perform the following basic work-related tasks in Microsoft OneNote.

Course Objective:

• Communicate knowledge associated with concepts and terms related to Microsoft OneNote

• Demonstrate skills in using the Ribbons, Menus, and Help

• Demonstrate skills in creating and formatting sections and pages

• Demonstrate skills in commonly used features

• Demonstrate skills in drawing tools

• Demonstrate skills in sharing the notebook and reviewing history

Topics:

• Lesson 1: Getting Started with Microsoft® OneNote®

• Lesson 2: Creating and Formatting Sections and Pages

• Lesson 3: Commonly Used Features

• Lesson 4: Basic Drawing Tools

• Lesson 5: Sharing the Notebook

Location: Virtual (Zoom)

Time: 8:30am - 12pm.

Cost: There is no fee to attend. Late cancellations and no-shows will incur a $75 fee. Each participant is responsible for cancelling their own registration before the cancellation deadline (7 days before).

Register in the UC Learning Center (MyAccess login required)


 

Remarkable Hybrid Team

Managers and Supervisors

(note: non-managers would better benefit from Remarkable Hybrid Worker)

This highly interactive, one-day, live online workshop is designed to help managers and supervisors tackle the hybrid workplace challenges and turn them into opportunities for them and their teams.

The hybrid workplace brings a whole new set of challenges. The hybrid work environment is likely to require far more adaptability, flexibility, and adjustment to work habits and behaviors. This will impact not only the practical aspects of work but also the emotional and well-being aspects. Challenges however are opportunities in disguise!

This workshop helps managers:

  • With concepts, techniques, and tools to help overcome the hybrid workplace challenges.
  • Learn learn cutting edge problem solving and collaboration frameworks.
  • Manage hybrid meetings, so that you can fully engage teams and get their involvement and buy-in toward addressing challenges and opportunities.

The end outcome is:

  • Increased engagement
  • Improved transparency and open discussions
  • Clarified roles and responsibilities
  • Improved performance all around
  • Better attention to stress management and well-being
  • Everyone feeling included
  • A boost to team morale

Cost: There is no fee to attend. Late cancellations and no-shows will incur a $75 fee. Each participant is responsible for cancelling their own registration before the cancellation deadline (7 days before).

Location: Virtual (Zoom)

Time: 9:30am - 3:30pm

Register in the UC Learning Center (MyAccess login required)


 

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